Democratic Liberal Party Reunification Democratic Party Shim Wan-koo (Korean: 심완구; Hanja: 沈完求; RR: Sim Wangu; 1 July 1938 – 8 June 2020)[1][2] was a South Korean politician who served as the first elected Mayor of Ulsan.
Shim was born in Songho Village, Yaum-ri, Daehyeon-myeon, Ulsan-gun, Keishōnan-dō (South Gyeongsang Province), Korea, Empire of Japan on July 1, 1938.
Shim ran for the Ulsan-Ulju-gun electoral district in the 1981 South Korean legislative election and but came in third place with only 18.44% of the vote.
He ran for the same district in the 1992 South Korean legislative election, but lost to Cha Soo-myung.
He was sentenced to jail in 2002 for accepting bribery from a construction company, but all charges against him were dropped and he was later pardoned by Roh Moo-hyun.